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101Geology of Tasmania — Tasmania has a varied geological history, with the world s biggest exposure of diabase, or dolerite. Rocks from the Neoproterozoic, Paleozoic and Mesozoic time periods appear. It is one of the few southern hemisphere areas glaciated during the… …
102radioactivity — /ray dee oh ak tiv i tee/, n. Physics, Chem. the phenomenon, exhibited by and being a property of certain elements, of spontaneously emitting radiation resulting from changes in the nuclei of atoms of the element. Also called activity. [1895… …
103tael — /tayl/, n. 1. liang. 2. any of various other similar units of weight in the Far East. 3. a former Chinese money of account, being the value of this weight of standard silver. [1580 90; < Pg < Malay tahil liang] * * * ▪ currency a Chinese… …
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105Chicago plan — The Chicago plan was a collection of banking reforms suggested by University of Chicago economists in the wake of the Great Depression. A six page memorandum on banking reform was given limited and confidential distribution to about 40… …
106Fiscal multiplier — This article is about the effect of spending on national income. For the multiplier effect in banking, see Fractional reserve banking. In economics, the fiscal multiplier is the ratio of a change in national income to the change in government… …
107Fiat money — Yuan dynasty banknotes were the earliest fiat money. Fiat money is money that has value only because of government regulation or law. The term derives from the Latin fiat, meaning let it be done , as such money is established by government decree …
108Netherlands Indies gulden — The gulden was the unit of account of the Dutch East Indies from 1602 under the United East India Company (VOC), following Dutch practice first adopted in the 15th century (gulden coins were not minted in the Netherlands between 1558 and 1681 and …
